Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can be controlled by mitigation using prevent methods of incoming eutrophication from pollution sources and restoring environmental condition using physical, chemical and biological control methods.
Polymerized mesoporous z...
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) can be controlled by mitigation using prevent methods of incoming eutrophication from pollution sources and restoring environmental condition using physical, chemical and biological control methods.
Polymerized mesoporous zeolites (pMZ) was simply prepared by acid treatment and polymerization of ethylene diamine(ED), which evaluated as adsorbents for the removal of chlorophyll A and microcystin-LR from aqueous solutions.
The effects of treatment times on the pore structure of the pMZ were studied as well as the effects of different acids which were also investigated during synthesis. The pMZ samples were characterized by nitrogen full isotherms, XRF analysis, image (SEM and TEM) analysis and FT-IR spectroscopy.
The pMZ prepared using AFHS (ammonium hexafluorosilicate) had higher meso-pore volume, and surface area. So, polymerized mesoporous zeolite is based on AHFS treated zeolite for surface modification. The adsorption ability of pMZ for chlorophyll A and microcystin-LR which are index of algae bloom and evaluated the influence of modification materials. In addition, the adsorption isotherm were evaluated using Langmuir, Freundlich and Sips equations. The adsorption capacity resulted that the pMZ could removal the algae bloom indicators from aqueous solution at the modification of zeolite and different adsorption capacity were examined to explain the adsorption experiment. MZ is able to adsorb the chlorophyll A 29 mg/g. pMZ is able to remove 80% of microcystin-LR in 25 min.